Chambres des Comptes. Registres
Item
Country
BE
Name of institution (English)
National Archives of Belgium (State Archives of Belgium)
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
fra
deu
dut
Contact information: postal address
Rue de Ruysbroeck, 2, 1000 Brussels
Contact information: phone number
0032 025137680
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
archives.generales@arch.be
Reference number
BE-A0510 / CCRK 01 to 8; BE-A0510 / CCRK 09 to 26; BE-A0510 / CCRK 29 to 39; BE-A0510 / CCRK 41 to 71; BE-A0510 / I 263
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Audit Office. Registers
Title (official language of the state)
Chambres des Comptes. Registres
Language of title
fra
dut
Creator / accumulator
Chambres des Comptes
Date(s)
1148/1800
Language(s)
fra
Extent
8.1 linear metres + 119 linear metres
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
The Chambres des Comptes. Registres fonds comprises documentation related to the exercise of control over the accounting, accounts, judicial acts, and the services of the financial courts in the Netherlands. It includes correspondence with other institutions, judicial processes, and financial records, among other documents. Some items contain information on Iberian New Christians trading in Antwerp. Two examples are the following:
Chambre de Comptes, nº 4692 to 4986: Contains copies of the "Poortersboecken" (Burghers' books) of Antwerp from 1463 to 1550. By using these documents, Jan Albert Goris (1925) published a table with the number of emigrants who acquired "Burgursheep" (citizenship), organised by year, including individuals of Spanish, Portuguese and Italian origin who moved to Antwerp.
Chambre de Comptes, registres nº 23471-2: "Liste des marchands méridionaux qui participèrent à l'importation de l'année 1553". This list contains 130 merchants, including several of Portuguese and Spanish origin, some of them New Christians, such as Diego (Diogo) Mendes and Francesco (Francisco) Ximenez. See Goris (1925), 249-50.
Chambre de Comptes, nº 4692 to 4986: Contains copies of the "Poortersboecken" (Burghers' books) of Antwerp from 1463 to 1550. By using these documents, Jan Albert Goris (1925) published a table with the number of emigrants who acquired "Burgursheep" (citizenship), organised by year, including individuals of Spanish, Portuguese and Italian origin who moved to Antwerp.
Chambre de Comptes, registres nº 23471-2: "Liste des marchands méridionaux qui participèrent à l'importation de l'année 1553". This list contains 130 merchants, including several of Portuguese and Spanish origin, some of them New Christians, such as Diego (Diogo) Mendes and Francesco (Francisco) Ximenez. See Goris (1925), 249-50.
Archival history
In 1735, the Audit Office of Flanders was merged with the Audit Office of the Netherlands, and the archives of the first were transferred to the latter. After Belgium became independent (1830), Louis Prosper Gachard (1800–85) was appointed the first National Archivist in 1831. He immediately set about making an inventory of the Audit Office archives. Then, Gachard noticed that several accounts were duplicated and, finding that it made little sense to keep these duplicates in the General Archives, he chose to send these "duplicates" to the respective provincial State Archives. In 1870, several duplicates were sent to the State Archive of Ghent. Afterwards, there were no large-scale transfers, except for a transfer from the General Archives in 1956.
Administrative / Biographical history
In 1386, Philip II the Bold established at Lille the Camere van den Rade in Vlaendren (Chamber of the Council in Flanders). This Chamber consisted of a judicial and a financial section. The judicial section, the Raad van Vlaanderen (Council of Flanders), was transferred to Oudenaarde in 1405 and to Ghent in 1407. The financial section, the Rekenkamer van Vlaanderen (Audit Office of Flanders), remained in Lille. With the unification of the Netherlands, the Chamber's power extended to Flanders, Artesia, Hainaut, Namur and Malines.
After the capture of Lille by the French under Louis XIV, the Audit Office of Flanders was transferred to Bruges in 1667 and to Brussels in 1681. The Audit Office that remained in Lille had jurisdiction only over the territory conquered by the French from the Southern Netherlands. The reign of Philip V united the Audit Offices of Flanders and Brabant into one Central Audit Office, the so-called "Anjouaanse Rekenkamer" (1702).
After the French abandoned the Southern Netherlands, the former state was restored (1706). In 1735, the Audit Offices of Flanders and Brabant were merged into one Rekenkamer der Nederlanden (Audit Office of the Netherlands) with headquarters in Brussels. It was initially established as an institution to control the management of the sovereign's estates and accounts and, thus, also the public finances. The Audit Office of the Netherlands was composed mainly of auditors and accountants, and it worked under the supervision of the Raad van Financiën (Council of Finance).
After the capture of Lille by the French under Louis XIV, the Audit Office of Flanders was transferred to Bruges in 1667 and to Brussels in 1681. The Audit Office that remained in Lille had jurisdiction only over the territory conquered by the French from the Southern Netherlands. The reign of Philip V united the Audit Offices of Flanders and Brabant into one Central Audit Office, the so-called "Anjouaanse Rekenkamer" (1702).
After the French abandoned the Southern Netherlands, the former state was restored (1706). In 1735, the Audit Offices of Flanders and Brabant were merged into one Rekenkamer der Nederlanden (Audit Office of the Netherlands) with headquarters in Brussels. It was initially established as an institution to control the management of the sovereign's estates and accounts and, thus, also the public finances. The Audit Office of the Netherlands was composed mainly of auditors and accountants, and it worked under the supervision of the Raad van Financiën (Council of Finance).
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Links to finding aids
Comptes de l'hôtel des souverains et des princes de leur famille, I_III (BE-A0510_000014_806694_FRE)
Comptes des confiscations pour cause de guerre avec la Prusse, III_XXII (BE-A0510_000014_803220_FRE)
Author of the description
Kevin Soares, 2022
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